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Time to register for 2009 season

The 2009 soccer season will be starting in just over two months, with the first games of the season in the last weekend of April (Sunday 26th, because of ANZAC Day).

Please note that we have had to increase the fees this year to $50 per player. The national body, New Zealand Football, has increased its registration fees by between $40 and $120 per team, depending on the age group, and we have to pass that on. It now costs us an average of $35-$40 per player (depending on age group and number of players in the team) to register teams in the competition. This leaves us very little to use to buy uniforms and balls, and send coaches on training courses. In fact, there is never enough money to cover all our costs in a season, and we always need to get grant money or donations to get through the season. However, it is important to keep the costs as low as possible so that children have the opportunity to play. (Other Porirua/Mana clubs - with the exception of Porirua Leste - charge between $70-$100 per player.)

Key dates for season
20 March — teams finalised by club
27 March — last day to register teams with Capital Football
26 April — first game of season
11 July — no game in middle weekend of school holidays
29 August — last game of season

There are 18 games scheduled for this season. Let's hope the kids get to play all of them (and not seven, as one team had last season).